Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930

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Arthur Ponsonby

The Sheffield Brightside by-election of 1930 was held on 6 February 1930. The by-election was held due to the elevated to the peerage of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Ponsonby. It was won by the Labour candidate Fred Marshall.[1]

Previous result

General Election 1929[2] Electorate 47,521
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby 20,277 55.2
Conservative R. I. Money 9,828 26.8
Liberal W. A. Lambert 6,621 18.0
Majority 10,449 28.4
Turnout 77.3
Labour hold Swing

Candidates

  • W.A. Lambert (Liberal Party), a Sheffield solicitor
  • Fred Marshall (Labour Party), an Alderman and wagon builder.
  • J. T. Murphy (Communist Party)
  • F. Hamer Russell (Conservative Party), a builders merchant.

Result

Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930 Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Marshall 11.543[3] 46.37 -8.85%
Conservative F. H. Russell 8.612[3] 34.6 +7.84%
Liberal W. A. Lambert 3,650[3] 14.66 -3.34%
Communist J. T. Murphy 1,084[3] 4.35 +4.35%
Turnout 24889 52% -25%
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Sheffield Election." Times [London, England] 7 Feb. 1930: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 Dec. 2013.


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